President Trump Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/president-trump/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Sat, 02 Jan 2021 19:02:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://mind-at-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-open-book-32x32.png President Trump Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/president-trump/ 32 32 Jesuit Pontificating on the Election https://mind-at-work.com/jesuit-pontificating-on-the-election/ Sat, 02 Jan 2021 19:02:46 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=4310 Each member of the Society of Jesus completes between eight and seventeen years of advanced education. Not surprisingly, Jesuits were long regarded as intellectually superior, and whenever a group of them offered their consensus view of an issue, people were impressed. Today, alas, thinking people are likely to be depressed. This failure to live up [...]

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]]> Anatomy of a Bizarre Election https://mind-at-work.com/anatomy-of-a-bizarre-election/ Sat, 07 Nov 2020 15:48:05 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=4235 The 2020 election results won't be final until the ballot challenges and court cases are decided, and the process could be long and involved. Given the information available as I write, the odds favor Biden winning and Trump losing. If this proves to be the case, what will it mean for the country? To begin [...]

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]]> About President Trump’s Tweets https://mind-at-work.com/about-president-trumps-tweets/ Wed, 17 Jan 2018 20:20:31 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=2526 Donald Trump’s tweets have been in the news since long before he ran for the presidency, and they have been a continuing focus of commentary since he was elected. Some of his supporters see them as harmless and amusing—just “Donald being Donald,” as they say. Other supporters believe the tweets are at best a distraction [...]

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]]> Why I’m Suspicious of Polls https://mind-at-work.com/why-im-suspicious-of-polls/ Thu, 21 Dec 2017 15:10:00 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=2483 It’s not that pollsters are dishonest, though some may be. Nor is it that the people polled give answers they think the pollsters want or political correctness demands, though many timid folk may do so. No, the reason I am suspicious of polls is that many people don’t have carefully formed opinions of their own—the kind [...]

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]]> The Gospel and Politics https://mind-at-work.com/the-gospel-and-politics/ Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:54:43 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=2095 The people in the Bible group were discussing the Gospel messages of love: in particular, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself” (Luke 10:27); “Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you” (Luke 6:27-28); “Whatever you wish that others would do to you, [...]

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